Diversify your junior Finance stocks

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These companies on this page offer investors a way to diversify their Finance sector holdings beyond the big five banks. However, they are only for investors who can tolerate the added risk. DUNDEE CORP. $25 (Toronto symbol DC.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 70.7 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.dundeecorp.com) is a holding company that invests in publicly listed and private companies in three main areas: wealth management, real estate and resources. The company recently sold its 48% stake (60% voting interest) in DundeeWealth Inc. to Bank of Nova Scotia (Toronto symbol BNS). DundeeWealth owns the Dynamic family of mutual funds. The sale did not include DundeeWealth’s investment-management and brokerage businesses. Dundee reorganized these operations into a new subsidiary called Dundee Capital Markets Inc. (Toronto symbol DCM). It then handed out shares of Dundee Capital Markets to DundeeWealth’s shareholders. Dundee Corp. still owns 48% of this subsidiary. Dundee Corp. received Bank of Nova…